One of my earliest memories of my Dad is of him coming in the house covered with black oil from head to toe after working on his ‘61(?) Corvair. LOL
I have very vague memories of that uncle having one in the garage, actually I remember two, a coupe and a wagon, both with oil stains on the concrete beneath. He did love them despite their blowing oil. That was resolved with the second and last generation, as I understand.
My dad had a 64 Corvair. Other than leaking valve covers, it was a great little car. Corvairs were like Harleys, they didn’t leak they were just marking their territory ;)